Torben Raibeart
2011-11-13, 06:50 PM
The title says it all, but I have found that I as an GM am not sure about this. The thing is that I want my players to meet and fight the BBEG, but as he is near level 15 while they are closer to level 6, doing so would be suicide. Therefore, I decided to have the BBEG make a simulacrum of himself to do some of the less important preparations for his plan, and let the players fight this (much weaker) copy, so that their enemy gets a face.
Initially, I planned to just let the simulacrum be BBEG as he would have been if he was level 7, but the fact that a simulacrum is made of snow, can only be healed by repairing and dies at 0 hp suggest that a simulacrum is a construct. Which would give it construct traits and immunities. Which would make the options of the sorcerer who foucuses on mind-affecting spells rather narrow.
The fact that it is an "illusory duplicate" does not exactly make things clearer. Any thoughts?
Initially, I planned to just let the simulacrum be BBEG as he would have been if he was level 7, but the fact that a simulacrum is made of snow, can only be healed by repairing and dies at 0 hp suggest that a simulacrum is a construct. Which would give it construct traits and immunities. Which would make the options of the sorcerer who foucuses on mind-affecting spells rather narrow.
The fact that it is an "illusory duplicate" does not exactly make things clearer. Any thoughts?